Sensless Drawing Robot - By Yamaguchi & Kanno

http://www.creativeapplications.net/arduino-2/senseless-drawing-bot-arduino/

Created by So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi
 Metal work by Hitt Asai

http://www.creativeapplications.net/arduino-2/senseless-drawing-bot-arduino/

Sensless drawing bot is a open source robot created by two tokyo DIY artists.It is robot with four wheels that paints onto surfaces like walls, or boards to facilitate a randomized artistic expression conveyed via a machine.

The senseless drawing bot is a 4 wheeled cart that has a large column in the middle with a rotating 360 degree arm with a second pivot attached, this is controlled by a motor internally which is programmed via Sketch using the Arduinio board. The medium the bot is controlling is spray paint and the nozzle is moved by the either the cart itself moving on its own via electric motor, the first arm and motor inside it or the second pivot arm attached to the larger main arm.

The Sensless drawing robot is the brain child of So Kanno and Takiharo Yamaguchi and is a prime example of how the DIY maker movement is being impacted by artists utilizing new tools such as micro controllers and their ability to store a number of complex programs while running processes that can determine a set method of use or programmed to randomize their functions.

This robot was featured in the Japan Media arts festival 2012 and did a performance piece of art by painting a wall with spray cans.


This robot is autonomously creating graffiti, which is interesting to me because graffiti is a very human activity to deface property or make an artistic statement in public, while the senseless art bot is not intended to make illegal graffiti it is interesting to consider in the future if AI were to come to a point where human activity such as graffitti could be part of their own programming, just like humans have flaws and make the decision to spray graffiti. Maybe in the near future so could robots or humanoids have that behavior attached to their AI, its human nature almost.

http://yang02.org/sdb/2/
or
http://kanno.so
 for pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yang02tm/with/6259615673/#photo_6259615673